A bill to protect children from accessing online porn has been tabled in the House of Commons.
Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Karen Vecchio advises Bill S-210, Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act, was first introduced in the Senate in November of 2021 and passed unanimously in April of this year.
Vecchio, Shadow Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, says one of the goals is to deter organizations that make this material available on the Internet from allowing young persons to access it.
MP Vecchio has stated: “This is a very important Bill to ensure that pornography is not easily accessible to children, we know there is a strong correlation between intimate partner violence and pornography. We do not want children to think that what they see on the Internet is real life”.
The Bill will shortly be scheduled for second reading in the House of Commons.
